Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson (13 March 1958-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-FL 8) from 3 January 2009 to 3 January 2011 (succeeding Ric Keller and preceding Daniel Webster) and from 3 January 2013 to 3 January 2017 (succeeding Gus Bilirakis and preceding Darren Soto).

Biography
Alan Grayson was born in The Bronx, New York City, New York in 1958. In 1986, he helped found the non-profit Alliance for Aging Research in Washington DC and served as an officer of the organization for over twenty years. He worked as a law clerk at the Colorado Supreme Court in 1983 and at the DC Court of Appeals from 1984 to 1985, and specialized in contract law as a lawyer. In 1991, he founded his own law firm. He was also the co-founder and first president of the IDT Corporation. In 2008, he was elected to the US House of Representatives as a Democratic Party member. Grayson was a member of the Progressive Democrats, and he served in the US Congress until 2017.